Polygonal separable section container



Juy 16, 1946. A. P. D. BELANGr-:R

POLYGONAL SEPARABLE SECTION CONTAINER Fired Jan. 7, 1944 Patented July 16, 1946 P OLYGONAL" SEPARABLE YSE GTIGN?? CONTAINER Albert-1:. D:Be1anger,-n1ton-, 111;

Application .lanuary.f7, 1944.1SerialfNorll l 3 jClaims...

This. invention. relates .toacontainersf ofca type al suitable for. the .preparation fand .handling loia product, .and it .has .forzitsffobject the @provision-.off

aaneW andimproveduiorm andfarrangement of` such. containen, whereby the .productmayvv be readily preparedto advantage Vfor-.fdisplay Onsale; and. wherebyv such productY may .befeasilyrdivided into portions .for-sale orrserVi-ng. It is one'of the objects; of .my invention .to provide animproved form. of containerior .use as. a' mold forv forming* andA handling suc:h-.products` as -Y Jello,` cheese;

candy or,ice.cream,.or. .other products Yadapted toV hardenintocondition for handling or for'haking,r 0r otherwise cooking pies, cakes, custards,meat

loaves or the like.

For.. carrying. outmy objects. I ;have-provided containers .formed onpaper,- metal, glass; or other suitablematerfiah and; made-fetta sizey and Ashape to correspond .to the. type. of Vproduct tohe baked: or handled; and..` to. correspond to. theesize vof- :pore tion.norma1lyf desired..;for` service. or fsalee. The: preferred.. form of container. for baking-j pies; for.. example. is. either. hexagonal .or octagonal- .in. shape.. with. straight..` or... substantiallystraight` sides... so. .as tof. have-clearly deiinedffcorners :loc-ab tween the. sides.,whereby`r therefare indications bye--A reference .to..which. ..a.,pie baked: .inf .the.c0ntain.er

can very readily.. .be out inte. six or eight portions fof similarsize and shape, by: s'i-mplygcutting; from corner .to corner.of...the container... In- .containers for. other. uses..A th e.. arrangement-a variesinffV accordancewiththe requirements?. A container for cheese onfonmeat loaf, for examplefmight-have; indications.. by refer-ence, toa.- which-a` salesman could cut the'. producttreadily .into portions iof:` ap,-A

proximately a.. pound. each, andn the :indications irr connection with a-.container for ice foreamrmight'- be arranged for enablingithesalesman.tocutthefvA product .readily .into-.approximately pint .or` quart portions.. In .any `case, .it..is.-the object .of Ithe =in' Vention to. provide. a` container v with indications;V adapted. to.l expedite. Vthe :division ofv the product. in .the container .intothe particular kind and; sizel of..portions.desirediorthatproduct.

ItfisonerofV thefobjects .of theeinvention to providea container ior-rned.,.of.paper; or. otheiasheet..v material. adaptedto cut.easily soas .to enable it" to. .be dividedreadily into. sections' Zalong clearly indicated: lines., the. sheet material of the container beingr in some fcases.. weakened. along the;V lines of division by scoredz-lines ordines iofperf foratiunsso 4asito expedite-fthe: separation of the container into its unit parts.

It is another object of the invention to provide inwardly projecting tabs at the corners of the container..so.asto-partially divide .the container:

into-sectionso-fthe sizeand-.shape desired forin.

dividual handling.V In.connection-with.containers..- of` this type,.it=is.one-0f thefobjcts of thefinvenftiontoformthe comer-.tabs so 'as -to be openffat.- the. outer` faceof the container forwenablinga'.: cuttingbladeto beinserted .and held in: positionfor a-fcuttingvoperation,-.the paperor other sheetr material "from which.. the` container is made :being- F.preferably weakened at the inneredgesrof-,thea' inwardly projecting;` tabsorfeXped-itingthe.sepa. ration. of ,thecontainer .anditscontents into secr tions.=

It.` is .another object of.. my-invention to. im-z provercontainers` or.` this ztype.- in: sundrvdetai-ls hereinafter.pointedoutr4 Thepreferredmeansbywhich I have accomplished my several objectsare illustrated.. in the:` accompanyingT` drawing-1.u in

which.

2g., Figal is: antop -plan View.. of. my. improved lconp-4 tainer.

Fig.. 2.is aside. face -,view.. of the-.bodyfofthe:-

container. with aholdirngnloandv and a.. cover member. shown insection thereon'.`

Eig; l3l is. a..vertica1-A sectional .,view.. taken. suhsta-ntiallyonthe line 3T3-.oi Fig. l..

Fig. 4 is a.-.face viewof .the blank from. which the body` of .thee container as .shownin Fig... l lis..

for-med.;

Fig. 5.,is .a face .view .ot .the` blank from.. which.. thecover.memberistformed Fig. 6. isa .viewsimil'ar Eto Eig; ..1 .hut .showing !a..A

Inodied form of container..

Fig..7 is actopdace .viewotamodied.formpf .container Vwith .a. pie .therein- .broken.. away atene sid.e..por.tion; and..

Fig. 8. is a. vertical .sectional View.. .taken substantiallygat. thelineefA 8?-8 ofgl'lig. .7.-

Referringnowto Figs. 1.to.;5..of thedrawing.,

.inwhich .corresponding partsareindicatedby the same reference characters, .I5 @indicates .,a. blank. made of fairly. stifiheavyipaperor.paste hoard.. having` an.- equiangular.. ,equilateral Acentral. hex.

agonal panel port-ioni 'a`,`.six. side walllportionsl 1,.,

`andsix .pairsoi corner-tab portions. l8,a11. as inl.

dicatedby ,dotted linesin Eig'..4. When .the .blank l5..fis.,to. be folded .into box form,. thesidewall. portions I 1 areiolded. 1.1pward1y,. causing thecor ner, tab..portions I8...to..=be. tuckedinwardly as.

.shown in l5"ig...1.U For holdingthefpartsn suchfolded` p osition,.,a.-band Y I Gris-provided, extending-` about Vthe bodvofthevcontai-ner.so.as topreVent the side portions1 l1 from:turning-downwardly: and outwardly.

In this arrangement, the corner tab portions extend inwardly directly toward the center of the container sonas partially to divide the container into similar and equal compartments or sections. Each of the corner tab arrangements provides in elect a blind opening into the container, open outwardly at the face of the container so as to permit a cutting blade readily to be inserted for dividing the container into sections. For expediting the separation of the container into its several sections, the panel portion I 6 is weakened by lines of perforations from corner to corner of the container, being represented in the drawing by dot and dash lines, such lines of perforations being extended at both ends through the surplus sheet material at the corners of the blank so as to provide a weakened line at the inner edge of each of the tab portions I8 and so as to provide fer the ready separation of each of the tab portions into its two parts.

For closing the top face of the container, I have provided a cover member preferably formed of paper of the same type as that from which the body portion of the container is made. In Fig. 5,

`I have shown a blank 2| comprising a central panel section 22 of hexagonal form provided with side wall portions 23, such side wall portions being formed integrally with the panel portion 22, with the side wall portions completely separate from each other. The arrangement is such that the side wall portions 23 can be readily tucked into position between the body of the container and the band I9 for application of the cover member to the container, the band I9 serving to hold the side wall portions in their right angled position with respect to the panel 22 and also to hold the removable cover in closure position on the container.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modied form of equiangular, equilateral container comprising eight sides 26 in lieu of the six sides shown in Fig. l. This arrangement, oi' course, is adapted to be divided into eight sections instead of six, eight inwardly projecting corner tabs 21 being provided for partially dividing the space of the container into compartments or sections. A band 28 surrounding the container serves to hold the side wall portions in their upright position. Lines of perforations 29 are provided from corner to corner of the ybottom wall panel 30, such lines of perforations 29 being extended through the surplus paper forming the tab portion 21 so as to expedite the separation of the container into its several sections when desired.

With the container in the condition as shown in Fig. 1 or Fig. 6, such products as cheese or ice cream may be placed therein, being packed between the inwardly directed corner tabs so that such tabs may partially divide the contents of the container into sections. The container may be filled with eggs for freezing, or with hot products in liquid form adapted to harden when cooling, such as fudge, or gelatine, such products being adapted to distribute themselves evenly in the several sections of the container.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 7, I have.

pro-vided an equiangular, equilateral container of hexagonal form with the sides flared upwardly, the container shown being formed of glass. This container comprises a, bottom panel 3|, and straight side wall portions 32 arranged at an angle of approximately thirty degrees from the Vertical At one side portion, the container has a pie 33 therein, dotted lines 34 from corner to corner of the containerl serving to indicate the division of the container into sections and the division of the pie into portions of the usual conventional shape. In the arrangement shown, each portion of the pie is provided with a decoration 3E of any suitable type, with the separate elements of the decoration similarly arranged on the several portions of the pie, the operator being able .to arrange the decoration vin this manner by reference to the straight sides of the container. By reason of the use of this type of container, a waiter in a restaurant is able very quickly and easily to cut the pie into similar and equal pieces by merely cutting straight from corner to corner of the container without the use of a guiding device such as is often used for mechanically controlling the cutting of portions for serving.

My improved containers of polygonal shape with substantially straight sides have been found in use to be convenient and practical. With the size of the container regulated for 'any particular product so as to lead normally and easily to the provision of sections or portions of predetermined size for serving or for sale, the work and bother in connection with the preparation and sale of the product are kept to a minimum.

While I prefer to employ the form and arrangement of parts as shown in my drawing and as above described, the invention is not to be limited thereto except so far as the claims may be so limited, it being understood that changes might well be made in the form and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A polygonal container formed of sheet material and having at least six substantially straight sides and having blind openings leading inwardly at the corners provided by inwardly tucked outwardly open folds into which a cutting blade can be inserted for separating the container into sections. the bottom wall portion of the container being weakened along lines from corner to corner with the weakened lines extended along the inner edges of the inwardly tucked parts for expediting separation of the container into sections.

2. A polygonal container formed of sheet material and having at least six substantially straight sides and having blind openings leading inwardly at the corners provided by inwardly tucked outwardly open folds into which a cutting blade can be inserted for separating the container into sections, the bottom wall portions of the container being weakened by lines of perforations thereacross from corner to corner with the lines of perforations extended along the inner edges of the inwardly tucked parts for expediting separation of the container into sections.

3. A polygonal container comprising a bottom panel formed from a piece of sheet material, side wall portions turned upwardly along the sides of the bottom panel with the surplus sheet material at the corners tucked inwardly into the form of triangular tabs extending directly toward the center of the container, said bottom panel being weakened along lines from corner to corner with the weakening lines extending along the inner edges of the tabs whereby the container can be readily separated into sections, and band means about the side walls serving to hold them in substantially upright position.

ALBERT P.y D. BELANGER. 

